Opeyemi Ajakaye scored Nigeria’s first in the 26th minute of the encounter, which was Flamingos’ first serious knock-about since arriving in Turkey on Tuesday for a 10-day training camp ahead of this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in India.
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The draw for the tournament took place on Friday, revealing the pathway to glory later this year for some of the world’s best young female players and national teams.
Already, an Asiatic lioness nicknamed Ibha has been revealed as the Official Mascot of the 16-nation championship.
Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos, were imperious as they trounced their counterparts from Guinea 5-1 at the Agege Stadium, Lagos on Saturday to reach the final round of African qualifying series for this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup.
Yemisi Samuel scored a hat-trick as the Flamingos thrashed their Guinean counterparts 6-1 on Saturday in a first round first leg game of the 2020 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifiers.
The Chairperson of the Nigeria Women Football League, Aisha Falode, has on behalf of the board of the NWFL sent a condolence message to the family of late former Super Falcons player, Ajuma Otache, over the sudden death of the ex-international, who was also a member of the coaching staff of the national Under-17 Women’s team, the Flamingoes.
After a 2-2 draw at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin a fortnight ago, the Cameroonians forced the Flamingoes to a 1-1 draw at the Ahmadu Ahidjo Stadium in Yaoundee.
The federation, in a statement by its Communications Department, however said the development did not relate to three other national teams.
Joy Jerry put the Nigerian girls in front after 20 minutes as they struggled to cope with the biting weather
The Nigeria Football Federation in a statement on Thursday in Abuja said the Flamingoes on Thursday left Abuja for Addis Ababa with a contingent which has 18 players
A beautiful intern was said to have laid her beauty on the table to enable her have access to the money that was supposed to be used by one of the female national teams to play in Ethiopia this weekend
“But I cannot say I am disappointed in them or that they failed us. These are young players and they are just coming up
Rasheedat Ajibade, who looked lively in attack for Nigeria, enjoyed the first opportunity on 16 minutes but goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck was on hand to deny her
Nikyu said: “Because of the name Brazil has in football, I think my players were frightened and didn’t settle to play the way we know they can.
Indeed, in spite of their early dominance, the South Americans had their goalkeeper to thank for keeping them on level terms when the game’s first big chances were created.
The Nigeria team had arrived Amman on Tuesday morning after flying from Abuja to Dubai and connecting another Emirates Airline flight from Dubai to the Jordanian capital
The 32-member delegation, comprising of 21 players; nine officials; NFF Assistant Technical Director, Abdulrafiu Yusuf; and Head of Women Football, Ruth David, were on board the same Emirates Airline flight from Dubai with Group C opponents, Korea Democratic People’s Republic
The 5th FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup finals will hold from September 30 to October 21 in Jordan
The delegation of players and official will depart the shores of Nigeria aboard an Emirates Airline flight from Abuja on Monday night
Ikpeme threw this challenge to the Flamingoes when he visited the team during its evening training session on Wednesday at the FIFA Goal Project Pitch, Abuja